Mapping mangrove forests using multi-tidal remotely-sensed data and a decision-tree-based procedure

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 62, Issue , 2017, Pages 201-214

  Zhang, Xuehong ^a,b   Treitz, Paul M ^c   Chen, Dongmei ^a,c   Quan, Chang ^b   Shi, Lixin ^b   Li, Xinhui ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Meteorological Institute of Hebei Province   (China)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decision trees; Mangrove forest; Maximum likelihood; Normalized Difference Moisture Index (NDMI); Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI); Tide level

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MANGROVE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION MAPPING;

EID: 85032195812     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2017.06.010     Document Type: Article

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